Auto Body Technician
About The Position
The Auto Body Technician is responsible for delivering a successful customer experience by assessing and repairing vehicles to restore them to pre-accident condition. The role involves disassembling, repairing, and reassembling vehicles while contributing to the repair facility’s goals for speed, quality, and customer service. The technician works with other team members to support facility KPIs and represents The Boyd Group’s brand. This position plans repairs and prepares cost estimates, performs structural and body repairs, replaces or repairs vehicle components, and prepares and repaints vehicles using factory-specified paint or an agreed-upon equivalent. Technicians are expected to follow the WOW Operating Way plan, work toward labor-time guidelines, and inspect completed repairs for quality. Compensation is flat rate and performance-based, tied to turned or booked hours; a minimum-wage guarantee applies when pay-period compensation is below the applicable local or state minimum wage.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Successful completion of a technical school program or a three-year apprenticeship as an auto body repairer.
- Ability to read job orders and work with very little supervision.
- Ability to work with other repairers in an auto body shop.
- Thorough understanding of vehicle-body repair methods and procedures.
- Thorough understanding of how to use tools required for the trade.
- Ability to work safely in a noisy area with many odors present.
- Ability to lift up to 30 pounds at times.
- Ability to visually inspect vehicle damage in a variety of weather conditions.
- Ability to bend, stretch, kneel, and squat to perform repairs and inspections.
Responsibilities
- Ensure consistent execution of the WOW (Wow Operating Way) plan.
- Plan necessary repair work and prepare customer cost estimates.
- Use trade tools to repair vehicle sections.
- Repair dents and other minor body damage using appropriate methods, including filler resins when needed.
- Realign vehicle chassis and frames to repair structural damage.
- Remove damaged vehicle sections and replace them with new or aftermarket parts.
- Replace or repair glass, windshields, and interior parts as needed.
- Weld, attach, or fit parts into place.
- Prepare and repaint vehicles with factory-specified paint or an agreed-upon equivalent.
- Attempt to complete work orders within labor-time guidelines.
- Inspect vehicles after repair to ensure work was executed correctly.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- The posting states that team members receive benefits but does not specify them.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
